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Now I’m all for kick ass powerful female comic book characters. I was the little girl who collected the old cards for the female characters when she was younger because they were the coolest (with Batman, Gambit, Havok, and Bullseye thrown in cause I had a crush on all of them). But Lady Bullseye? Why does Marvel feel that they need a female version of an existing male villain? I understand that many feel that Bullseye is overused in the Daredevil comics (which he is sometimes) and that they want to expand Daredevil’s villain base, but why can’t they come up with a new villain that has nothing to do with an existing villain? It’s called being creative and original, people. (And I understand that Daredevil has a connection to Japan, but almost every villain or female doesn’t have to be connected to Japan or Asian.) And this isn’t even the only villain that is getting a female makeover; a female Kraven is on the way in Amazing Spider-Man. At least that one makes sense considering Kraven has been dead in the comics. Bullseye isn’t even dead! He’s currently out of action in Thunderbolts due to his spine being broken (something I still don’t understand since he had adamantium placed on his bones), but is also undergoing surgery in the current arc and is on future covers of the comic. So he’s obviously not going to die and will still be around although within the Thunderbolts. But now that it’s been announced that the Thunderbolts will finally be going after Spidey in his comic, isn’t a trip to Hell’s Kitchen also overdue? Brubaker may be setting up for that possibility, and that could set up an interaction between not only Daredevil and Bullseye, but also between Bullseye and his female counterpart (in which he stabs her Electra-style. Mwahahaha. Sorry, I got carried away there). I love Brubaker’s writing on Daredevil so I guess I’ll just have to wait and see how this all plays out. It doesn’t mean I have to be happy about it though. They’re lucky they didn’t announced this at New York Comic Con, or I would have screamed bloody murder aloud and then fainted. And if Lady Bullseye turns out to be Electra? Don’t even get me started…

I realized that I’ve been writing a lot about comic books and comic book movies lately. But I can’t help it! I love comic books, and with all the comic book movies coming out this summer, I have to geek out. Plus this Dark Knight poster was way too gorgeous to pass up. So gaze, GAZE at the hotness of Batman, Joker, and Harvey Dent (although I still daydream about what it would be like if Edward Norton had taken the role of Harvey. Oh, so much hotness in one movie. At least Edward will be in The Incredible Hulk this summer to make up for it).

I also got very giggly on the subway yesterday while reading my Daredevil “Guardian Devil” trade paperback. There’s an intro by Ben Affleck (aka Mr. Movie Daredevil), and he talks about his love of Daredevil and the Frank Miller comics. He mentions Bullseye killing Electra and then Daredevil letting Bullseye drop from the clothesline, and asks “Am I the only guy who occasionally rooted for Bullseye?” And in my mind, I was screaming “Oh my God, me too! We could be friends, Ben Affleck!!!” At least I didn’t yell it aloud. And my friends and I were talking about the Daredevil movie last night, but they can’t judge since they’ve never seen the Director’s Cut which is superior and amazing. They should have released that version in theaters so it could get respect. And I sometimes wonder how the movie would have been if Ben Affleck had gotten the role he originally auditioned for instead of this hot man:

And I can’t make a post about comic book movies without mentioning Iron Man. Plus Jon Favreau played Foggy Nelson in Daredevil and directed Iron Man so it’s a good transition. Iron Man is still AMAZING!!! I cannot wait to see it again. =) (and yes this picture entertains me because Tony is drinking in it).

This post has been approved by Nick Fury, I mean, Samuel L. Jackson (go see Iron Man!).